Wyre’s Sale Terms Inaccurate and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 4/11/22

Ether Capital Corp. issued a statement correcting media reports that its portfolio company, cryptocurrency startup Wyre Payments Inc., has agreed to be acquired by payments fintech Bolt Financial Inc., for $1.5 billion. There has been no disclosure of the proposed transaction terms, Ether said.
American Airlines Center, home of the National Basketball Association’s Dallas Mavericks team opened its new Market To-Go shop in two locations that uses autonomous retail technology from Standard AI, a checkout-free tech provider, and mobile payment tech from SpotOn.
A startup called FlipGive unveiled a platform to support fundraising, budgeting, and financial tasks for sports teams.
U.S.-based cross-border payments specialist PingPong Payments said it is working with Chinese sourcing company DTL Sourcing to match DTL’s client base of more than 500 Chinese manufacturers with PingPong’s base of more than 1 million merchants.

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